The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-09
"REFoRm' METHODS.
The CiF0ulaE Sent TO East Beliciana By
the 'fRef0rIn'' Committee.

The dCiFCulaE Sent TO East Baliciana by
the 'sISefOrIn,' Committee.
H'DQRs NICHOLAS OAAtpAIsl5 GoAlsIrETEE,l
Corner Uanal and Chartrea atr5sts,
New orleaRss NOV. ~, 1887!
Dear Strive have information tina an at-
tempt Will be made to pack yoaF mass meet
ing on the 14th with negroes in the interest
Of AIcEneFy, under the leadership OF skillful
and influential men amongst yoll, and thank
Il our duty " let yon klfhw this In advance
ia order that you may be fully prepared. oar
advice 10 you IS to lsaYe no stone untiHned
70 have The ds7ails OF your mass meeting ar
IHE TIAIEs-l EMoURAT Of to-aay. eonceaes
gonr parish to as as it docs Bienyille aud
Grant, but as We know that the last Two have
not been Claimed before, but have been
claimed within two or thTee days, we regard
il ag an EFFORT 10 ilOOdwinll our people, and 10
hlii us into q sense Of security by which We
that beng thus loreWarDed, yop viii Sc
foreafnled, and will exert Spgtngef in every
manner pusalble 10 defeat what we suppose
TO pc their object
as our opponents are interruptions, and do
not hesitate to pack them by eOloniginE from
adjoining paElstleal by negroes and OY Import
Ell desperate and Hialent men, armed g the
teeth, who VII attempt 70 dominate by bull
doing, az they did ia the parish 81 Gaia
houIa on the 9th instant, where a Nichols
parrish WAS carried bv lntiInidators from al.
joining parishesl by resort TO tho use of
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two o. the Nichols leadere. and then tele-
graphing Q fheir Os SANS fhateYergtl hing was
done ~ order and won't on hkGmnnio0sly.
+ is impossible for gent aiQen ia tie cOun-
try to appreciate the desperation, the recls.
leEsuesg md the Violence OF tilis Office bOldinR
clique IN their struggle To pTol0nR theif efis
eisl existence No measure af fraud, gi0-
1 lenee Or chioaneFy Is too low on TOO base for
thea 10 resort to.
We trust Chat oar friends in East Felieisna
WI nat e eaHght mapping or II they ere,
that they wild not submit 50 d deprivation 81
tlleir rights r. Democrats Nothing woHid
BRING such disbursement to 0lir cause az
the loss .et East beiiciana. which has been
lsEarqed as q sure parish, and to lQae il a.
tina time In the inception Of The campaign,
lgolld discourage our friends and encourage
the enemy greatly, inas1nueh - Tie later
hold 9at 70 the public thai they DO not claim
~ Yours tsigl
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do any Hqcd ard e % 90 usa. Give hiin 10
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